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Think Pair Share 

“Freedom of movement is a basic human right (Universal Declaration Human Rights), therefore every person should have the right to chose where they want to live.”

How many migrants came to the Netherlands in 2020?

How many migrants left the Netherlands in 2020?

From what continent do you think most migrants come from?

Restrictive or Generous? 

Assignment: What can you find out about the migration policy from the Dutch Government? 

1. What is different for different sorts of migrants? (refugees, labour migrants, family reunification?) 

2. What has changed over time? 

Hand in Monday 31st

Why do people migrate?

- Different sorts of migrants:

    - Refugees

    - Kolonial Migrants

    - Labour Mirgants

    - Family Reunification 

Always a combination of Push and Pull factors. 

Netherlands Migration Country 

Today 

• You can recognize the keywords integration, assimilation, segregation and explain their meaning.

• You can explain how the cultural context and socio-economic context influence integration.

• You can reflect on the concept integration and its limitations.

Migration & Integration 

- Gastarbeiders '60 '70 : No integration policy 

- '80 '90 Minderhedenbeleid : integration keeping own identity and language (to stimulate easy return) 

- '98-now : Wet Inburgering (changed over 20 times) 

Integration debate

Integration has been an ongoing debate for many years. We are going to watch fragments from an episode of de Wereld Draait Door and answer questions. 

• Answer Questions on Worksheet while watching the video 
  
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Segregation and Integration

People believe that segregation has a negative effect on integration. That is why many policies are aimed at mixing and creating more diversity. In reality, this is often difficult to accomplish...

Segregation: is it caused by cultural or social-economic influences? 

Segregation in Education and Neighbourhoods 

Culture: 

- Living with people that are similar to you/who you know/close to family

Social-economic:

- Affordability of housing

- The effect of the neighborhood on schools 

Effects: 

- White Schools vs. Black Schools

- Gentrification (pushing poorer people out of the city by investing in an area)

When do you think someone is integrated in the Netherlands?

Integration: Whose responsibility is it?

Wrapping up...

Today: Integration, segregation, assimilation, (gentrification)

For Thursday: 

- How far are you with your research? 

- Worksheet 5 hand in Sunday 6th

Obsticles for integration? 

Goverment 

- From help to "own responsibility" 

- Netherlands is bureaucratic, hard to find your way, many rules about integration

- Big difference between migrant groups: different treatment refugees, labourmigrants

Migrant 

- Psychological problems (Refugees)

- Identity conflict - New country vs Home country (Norms and Values)

- Feelings of exclusion 

Civil Society 

- Stigmatisation 

- Segregation

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